What would you do ..housing/school

[carryme]

Hello wise ones hoping someone can give me some advice or opinions..
So I have a house that I rented out to a "friend" 4 years ago.. I decided to rent it out and save some money to refurb and move back in to this year (friend was aware of the timescale"

So the time has come I served her a section 21 on the 1st March and she still hasn't moved out she is now bidding for council properties but they have told her they won't prioritise her till I take her to court!

Fine except my son goes in to year 6 in September (he goes to the primary near the house I'm renting out)

But my partners house that we all currently live in is outside the catchment area for the secondary school that we would like him to go to..However his dads house (joint custody) is..

So my options are risk it when I apply and use his dads address and explain process or rent a property for 6 months in the catchment area that will hopefully see us through to us being back in my property or any other suggestions?? What would you recommend?

Thanks 😊

Do you know the date you have to apply for secondary schools?

Hi 31 st October is when the school applications need to be in.

The solicitor has estimated 4 months from when the courts received open plus extra if I need a bailiff

I don't see a problem with his dad making the school application if you have joint custody? That suggests that you are equally responsible/entitled as parents to make the application? No need to rent another house you don't need.

The situation with the friend is difficult as she's not moving out as agreed. Unfortunately you might have to take her to court if that's the process needed to evict a tenant who won't leave when you need your house back. You are not responsible for ensuring that she has housing and she knew that there was an end date beyond which your house was not available for her to live in.

Where is he registered for dr and child benefits? You might want to check that before applying but if he spends his time equally (on school nights) in both homes and will do going forward, plus if you will be back in the area soon I don't think legally it is a problem. Is your friend holding out for the same secondary this year too?

Thank you for your replies he is registered under his dads address for doctors and dentist as we didn't want to move surgeries for him.

Super annoying as I charged her £200 a month less than the "going rent" but you live and learn and have instructed the solicitor this morning!

I was just hoping to hear suggestions that didn't include me having to pay for solicitors and rent a house :) x

I get the child benefits and no her children are already in secondary school

I doubt your friend is deliberately being dififcult, unfortunately the council will not place her in priority need until she is literally about to be homeless. If she is on low income she will struggle to find a private rental.

I would just apply via dads. You can change his main address once he is at school.

Hopeful bump

Check the admissions criteria. I work in a school office and we had someone ring in to change the address gleefully telling us that noone could do anything now their kid was in. We were horrified because we all knew that was completely wrong.
The list got redone and they scraped in by the skin of their teeth due to other factors. But they were 2 places away from being ejected. And they would have been. They are blissfully unaware of this.

Thanks everyone...
Picak - his dads address is in the catchment area and when I get the house back my house will also be in the catchment area -
I know my friend isn't being deliberately awkward however it's still quite frustrating - and she isn't chasing the housing department enough :(

I was just hoping for enough responses to see if I could avoid renting a house as it's such a lot of money and ironically I cannot find anything in the area for anywhere near the rent my tenant is paying it's all nearly double

I know I started this thread a couple of months ago - but not much has changed she I still in the house and although courts have reopened nothing is moving at any speed - does anybody have any advice. School applications have to be in at the end of Nov ( is normal October but they've extended it)